Rostraver Airport

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Rostraver Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerWestmoreland County Airport Authority
Serves Monongahela, Pennsylvania
Location Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania
Elevation  AMSL 1,228 ft / 374 m
Coordinates 40°12′35″N079°49′53″W / 40.20972°N 79.83139°W / 40.20972; -79.83139
Map
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FWQ
Location of airport in Pennsylvania
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FWQ
FWQ (the United States)
Rostraver Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
8/264,0021,220Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations (year ending 5/3/2021)43,920
Based aircraft45

Rostraver Airport( ICAO : KFWQ, FAA LID : FWQ, formerly P53) is a public use airport in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1]

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Geography

It is located five nautical miles (9 km) east of the central business district of Monongahela, Pennsylvania [1] in Rostraver Township. It is operated by the Westmoreland County Airport Authority, which also operates the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity Township, Pennsylvania.

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of FWQ by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code. [1] [2] [3]

Facilities and aircraft

Rostraver Airport covers an area of 300 acres (120  ha ) at an elevation of 1,228 feet (374 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 8/26 which measures 4,002 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending May 3, 2021, the airport had 43,920 aircraft operations, an average of 120 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 45 aircraft based at this airport: 40 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, and 1 glider. [1]

Accidents

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 FAA Airport Form 5010 for FWQ PDF , effective 2023-09-07.
  2. ↑ "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rostraver Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KFWQ, FAA: FWQ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics CEO killed in Pa. plane crash". Herald-Mail Media. April 13, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2024.

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